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昏厥 (hūn jué) — to faint, to lose consciousness

Definition

verb
to faintto lose consciousness

Examples

  • 昏厥。
    Tā yīn wèi tiān qì tài rè ér hūn jué le.
    He fainted because of the heat.
  • ，昏厥。
    Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā chà diǎn hūn jué.
    Hearing this news, she almost fainted.
  • 昏厥。
    Yī shēng zhěn duàn tā shì yīn wèi dī xuè táng ér hūn jué de.
    The doctor diagnosed that he fainted because of low blood sugar.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

昏hūnfainted
厥juécollapse

昏 and 厥 both convey losing consciousness, so together they mean to faint.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

昏 combines 日 (sun) with 氏, a part showing lowering or going down. The picture is the sun going down at dusk.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
厂厂chǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
欮
欮jué厥jué
Same sound today

厥 combines 厂 as the meaning part with 欮 as the sound part.

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